Chapter 174

"Why do you think the enemy won't abuse civilians? Is it because we are still fighting, and they do this to make us give up our will to resist and surrender obediently, right?"

"So, don't say that our resistance is meaningless, Wiltz. On the contrary, our resistance not only protects the people behind us, but also makes the enemy dare not act recklessly against the people in the occupied areas."

Martin's words make sense. Indeed, if his weapons are still in his hands, he still has the capital to negotiate with the enemy, and the enemy will also be afraid of him.

But if he even handed over his weapons to the enemy obediently, then the enemy would not hesitate to do anything to his side.

Although it is not ruled out that the enemy really has good military discipline, if it is a show, who will bear the price?

Martin doesn't want to be the sinner. Similarly, many soldiers and officers on the front line have similar ideas as him.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Martin said this and changed the subject.

"Wiltz, have the scouts and magicians sent any information?"

On the battlefield, in addition to scouts, there is another way to explore military intelligence, that is magic.

Although magicians are not usually equipped in the general army, when the war breaks out, the profession of military magicians is quite common.

In addition to setting fireballs and rocks on the battlefield to assist the army in killing the enemy, the magician also has the function of reconnaissance.

"Hey, don't say it, the military magician assigned to us is a young lady. She thinks that reconnaissance is not suitable for her all day long. In this kind of weather, so many leaves are dead. How can the scouts go to reconnaissance?" When Wiltz heard this, he immediately began to complain.

Indeed, most of those who can get in touch with magic are children from wealthy families, and it is normal to dislike these big soldiers.

"This is not okay, you should talk to her quickly... Forget it, I will go to persuade her." Martin said this and was about to get up. At this time, a pile of snow falling from the branches in the distance suddenly attracted his attention.

There is no snow in the sky now, and the reason why the snow can fall from the branches is also very simple.

As more and more snow fell, Martin frowned.

"It's too late, Wiltz, you quickly call all the soldiers out and form a formation, the enemy is about to attack!"

Sure enough, when the soldiers came out of the warm tent, they were still complaining at first, but when they saw the army slowly approaching in the distance, they all held their breath.

The enemy attacked.

Chapter 81: Negotiations before the battle

The battle began.

Fortunately, Martin's sharpness allowed the soldiers to form a formation in time, otherwise the battle would lose hope at the beginning.

Of course, there is still not much hope left now.

As a sixth-level warrior, Martin has seen many big battles when he adventures, so he will not be scared when facing such a scene.

But the soldiers under his command are different.

Like Martin, most of them are recruits from other places. Some of them have combat experience, but most of them are farmers without combat experience. Even after this period of battlefield training, they still cannot be called veterans.

And the number of enemies, judging from this battle, is at least ten times that of their own side.

Faced with this kind of attack, Martin certainly knew that it was impossible to win. He quickly ordered Wirtz to go to the rear to request reinforcements, while he tried his best to hold this line.

Every inch he retreated, an inch of land would fall.

On the other side, in the vanguard of Antica and the royal coalition.

The person in charge of this main attack was Litt, the leader of the vanguard. At this moment, she was riding a horse and leading the troops to advance slowly in the snow.

This kind of weather is not only a torment for the defenders, but also for the coalition forces as the attacking party. It has been snowing these days, and Litt deliberately waited until the snow stopped before ordering the attack.

After all, it is unknown when the next snow will fall. It is best to take Florence before the next snow, so that you can face Romulus, the capital of Naples.

Although most of the earls of the Dukedom of Naples gave up resistance, the Duke's own power was not weak, and the coalition forces took a lot of effort to attack.

However, as more and more land was captured, the enemy's fighting will was also declining, and the war would become visibly smooth.

After all, if there is no mistake in command, war is a snowball behavior. The side with the advantage will get bigger and bigger, and finally win the last battle without any effort.

Wearing a thick cloak, Lit looked at the Naples army in front of him. After seeing the huge number of his own army, he did not choose to escape, but tried to organize a formation to resist.

Seeing this scene, Lit knew that he was probably going to hit a wall.

For so long, the coalition forces have not been really smooth sailing. Occasionally, they will encounter Naples' elite troops. This situation will occur when fighting with Naples' elite troops. Even if their number is very low, they will not retreat. This kind of troops often adopt a fighting method that hurts both sides. Even if they eat this army, the loss will not be small.

But when Lit approached, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

The equipment of this unit is the same as that of an ordinary civilian army. In other words, it is a peasant army, used as cannon fodder. Why do they have the courage to line up in front?

When the two armies approached less than 500 meters, Lite ordered the entire army to stop. Virgil beside her immediately passed the order to the entire army.

Martin was standing at the front of the army. Looking at the huge army in front of him, he also shed nervous sweat.

Facing such a number of enemies, he should eventually have to retreat.

At this moment, the other party actually stopped, which Martin never expected.

Then, a person walked out from the opponent's huge military formation.

It seems that he is the leader of the other party and wants to talk to me?

Although Martin was not a professional soldier, seeing this situation, he could only walk out of the army formation with uncertainty.

"Is this the commander of this unit?" Li Te shouted to Martin from a long distance away.

"Yes, are you the commander of the invaders?" Martin nodded and asked Li Te.

"The word 'invader' is too unpleasant to hear. Our action this time is just to eliminate harm for the empire."

Seeing that there was no hostility towards each other, the two got closer.

Martin looked at the other person's long black hair and purple pupils in surprise.

What surprised him the most was not these, but the other party's rather childish-looking face.

If he read it correctly, the other party should still be a child of eighteen or nineteen years old. Can such a person command such a huge army? It seems that the other party's status is definitely either rich or noble.

Thinking this, Martin put his hands on his waist.

If you make a contribution here...

But after thinking about it, Martin gave up.

It's unethical for the other party to trust me so much and launch a sneak attack like this.

Thinking of what the other party had just said, Martin became furious, snorted coldly, and then replied: "Since you said you are not an intruder, then, are the people standing in front of you the 'harm' you want to get rid of?" ?”

"Of course not, it's just that you are blocking our way forward, which is helping others to harm others, so I am here to advise you to surrender."

"If that's the case, then we have nothing to talk about. If you continue to chat with me, instead of

It will delay your attack. "Martin said this, pretending to leave.

"Don't worry." Li Te called to Martin, and then pointed at Martin's army.

"I've seen a lot of Naples' troops on this journey. Yours is the one with the oldest equipment I've ever seen. For a troop like yours, your commander asked you to stay at the front line. He treated you like What, I shouldn’t need to say more, right?”

"What if I say, I chose this myself?" Martin smiled after hearing this.

"If you chose it yourself, then I can only say that what you are doing now is a crime." Li Te's tone became colder.

"You clearly know that we are here to punish thieves, and your Duke has now been directly excommunicated. Under such circumstances, do you still want to work for your Duke?"

"I have never thought about it this way. I am just trying to protect the city behind me and the land we stand on."

Hearing Martin's words, Leeteuk frowned.

"Then you shouldn't stand in front of us. Sir, I think you seem to be a decisive person. You don't know our intelligence, right? We never mistreat prisoners, and the occupied areas also allow the original team to return Rule, we are not here to oppress you, on the contrary, we will also lighten the burden of Giovanni's oppression on you." Li Te said this and began to draw a pie for Martin.

"Well, then we have to throw down our weapons and let the mermaids eat us, right?"

"Why do you think so!?"

"What do I think if I don't think so? In this world, the only thing you can trust is the weapons in your hands. Now that we have weapons, you are negotiating with us. If a group of unarmed farmers are standing in front of you now, will you negotiate with them? ?”

Seeing that he couldn't speak to Martin, Lite shook his head helplessly.

"Well, let's do this. These farmers under you are no match for the army behind me. If you challenge me in a duel and defeat me, we will retreat today and attack again in three days. If you fail to defeat me, How about you retreat and give this camp to us?"

Chapter 83: Women are not admitted to university

Chapter 82: Big Victory (2.3W)

"What? Are you going to evacuate?" The next day, in the city of Florence, Li Te looked at the imperial commander in front of him and asked in surprise.

"The city of Romulus is clearly right in front of us, why do you want to withdraw?"

She really couldn't understand that she could win the war by going directly to Huanglong, but at this moment, her allies said they were quitting and wanted to withdraw.

No one else would be able to accept this situation.

"I'm sorry, but this is an order personally issued by His Majesty. The members of the royal family and the generals have also unanimously agreed. I heard that the Duke of Orleans has united the Duke of Prussia, the Duke of Lucia and the Duke of Aragon to march on the border to ask for an order from His Majesty the Emperor. I’m sorry to say that the situation in the royal family is even more tense now.”

"That's it..." Lite had no choice but to agree after hearing this.

The opponent has followed him all the way to the city of Florence. In the process, the opponent has not failed to do his best. Now that he is in trouble and must go back, he has no way to stop him.

"In that case, I wish you a safe journey. I hope the misunderstanding between the royal family and those dukes can be resolved soon."

"Yes." The Imperial Army commander heard this and nodded.

Originally, the vanguards of the two armies had a total of about 80,000 people. Now that the imperial army has left, the soldiers in Litt's hands, including the Naples army that he incorporated, are less than 40,000.

It is definitely impossible to take down Romulus City with the 40,000 people in his hands.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Dukedom of Naples has lost most of its rich land, the number of troops in Romulus City will not be less than 80,000, which is twice the number of Litt's current army. In this case, it is difficult to protect oneself, let alone attack.

Not all commanders are as brainless as Garibaldi.

For now, the only way is to stop in Florence for temporary replenishment and wait for Lucius's army to arrive.

Litt thought so and looked at Martin on the side.

"Sorry, it seems that we can't set off early. We can only wait here for my father's army to arrive."

"It doesn't matter, then I will stay with Judith for a few more days." Martin said so, and he also happily accepted a small vacation for himself.

"But it's really strange to hear what they said. Why did Prussia also join the camp of pressure? Olivia and Orson are obviously engaged. We are now on the side of the royal family. Why did Prussia stand on the opposite side?"

"I don't know either." Virgil on the side also

shaked his head.

"Virgil...you say, could it be that the relationship between Orson and Olivia has broken down? In that case, does it mean that my chance has come?"

"Uh...Master Litt, are you still thinking about this?" Virgil said this, with a trace of cold sweat on his forehead.

This girl, why does she wish bad things for others every day.

...

On the other side, Saint Laurent City.

"Father, can you tell me what's going on?" In the temporary residence of Duke William, Olivia brought Lianka here, looking at William sitting on the sofa and drinking tea comfortably, and asked in confusion.

"Olivia, what are you asking about?"

"Father, do you want me to tell you straight? It's about the coalition's reinforcement of troops stationed at the border. Our family is an ally of the Dukedom of Antica. Now the Dukedom of Antica stands on the side of the royal family, but we are going against it. Isn't this a bit..."

"So? Because we have an engagement with Antica and have become allies, we must stand on the side of Antica in this conflict, right?"

William said this and divided the books in front of him into seven piles.

"The situation of the empire in the past was like this. Although some places are strong and some places are weak, the situation of one family dominating will never occur, because before that family dominates, the other families will unite."

William said this and stacked the books in front of him together.

"In this case, how to break this situation, Olivia, do you know?"

"That is naturally to win over the other party's power."

"You are right, but if this happens, the empire will have only one voice. Do you know what will happen?"

William said this and stacked the pile of books that symbolize the royal family to the highest.

"The one at the top will ignore the one at the bottom. The duke is no longer a duke, and the earl is no longer an earl. They are all subjects under that person. If that person makes a mistake, no one will punish him, and more people will suffer."

"Of course, most nobles may not think so much, but the issue of their ruling power alone is enough for them to fight with their rulers."

"My joining now is not to destroy the peace of the empire. On the contrary, I am maintaining the peace of the empire. What do you think will happen if I join the royal faction?"